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Chief Secretary hails HK's friends in US

The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, on Wednesday (New York time) praised Hong Kong's many friends in the United States.

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"Everywhere I go in the United States, I am delighted to find a strong interest in Hong Kong," Mrs Chan said during a luncheon address to about 500 business executives, academics, and members of the media as she continued her programme in New York City as part of the Hong Kong-USA promotion.

"Hong Kong is fortunate to have such good friends overseas," the Chief Secretary said in her speech given at the business luncheon organised by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

"People around the world, in particular in North America, do see Hong Kong's success as something in which they do have an interest. The American interest in Hong Kong is very extensive," she said.

Mrs Chan told the many business executives attending the day-long conference to use Hong Kong as the gateway to do business with the rest of Asia.

The Chief Secretary's media activities included top-level meetings with the editorial board of the influential New York Times and a breakfast meeting with the Business Week magazine, as well as a meeting with senior editors of Time magazine.

Following her activities at the promotion, Mrs Chan officiated at the ceremony to mark the Hong Kong Wonder's Never Cease exhibition at Manhattan's South Street Seaport.

In the evening, Mrs Chan travelled to Dallas, Texas, for the next leg of the three-city promotion. The promotion concludes in Los Angeles.

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